food

by Joydeep Gupta Climate change is making it imperative that the nexus between the three is integrated into all development plans You need water and energy to grow food. You need water to generate energy, even in a solar farm. You need energy to pump water. The water-energy-food nexus is a [read more]

WHO has significantly scaled up its presence and activities in Somalia to respond to increasing health needs and prevent a worst-case scenario for millions of people at risk of famine, but resources are urgently required to enable the necessary interventions. Out of a total of US$ 825 million [read more]

MOGADISHU – The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are deeply concerned about the impact of the recent [read more]

The effects of drought continue to deepen across Somalia, where half the population – 6.2 million people – now face acute food insecurity. In particular, the population facing crisis or emergency (IPC Phases 3 and 4) levels of food insecurity has more than doubled in the last six months to over [read more]

Mike Shanahan International negotiators have agreed to measures to restore eco-systems, improve conservation and track biodiversity targets Intergovernmental negotiations under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Cancún, Mexico ended on Friday with a slew of decisions aimed at [read more]

Consecutive years of drought amplified this year by El Niño will have lasting impact – nearly 850 000 people need urgent humanitarian assistance This year’s El Niño has amplified the impact of consecutive years of drought in southern Madagascar. 27 October 2016, Rome – The [read more]

FAO, Rome, March 2016 FAO Situation Report The current 2015-2016 El Niño cycle has been one of the strongest on record and has had significant impacts on agricultural production and food security across the globe. At present, the agriculture, food security and nutritional status of 60 million [read more]

When looking at human diet the normal focus is whether people are getting sufficient food, and whether their diet avoids such diseases as diabetes. The modern “western” diet is reliant on plant materials (including the food of animals we kill for meat) which are deficient nutritionally, [read more]